Artificial-horsehair-upholstery fabric



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A. BRANDT ARTIFICIAL HORSEHAIR UPHQLSTERY FABRIC Filed Nov. 24, 1926 INVENTOR B? 44/ I WTTORNEY from horses tails Patented July 10', 1928.

warren STATES PATENT OFFICE:

ABRAM BRANDT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

ASSIGNOR TO JOS. BRANDT 8:; BBQ, A COPART- NERSHIP COMPOSED 0F JOSEPH BRANDT, LOUIS BRANDT, AND ABRAM BRANDT, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

ARTIFICIAD-HORSEHAIR-UPHOLSTERY FABRIC.

Application filed November 24, 1926. Serial No. 150,531.

My invention relates to improvements in upholstery fabrics intended to be used as substitutes for genuine hair cloth and it is my object to produce ,a fabric which will have the appearance and wearing qualities of genuine hair cloth, which 'can be woven in wide widths, in unlimited quantities and which can be uniformly dyed to any desired color. r

In weaving genuine hair cloth with hair the width of the goods is sharply limited by reason of the fact that the hairs themselves are shortf In making dyed hair cloth the quantity is limited by reason of the fact that the supply of white horse hair is limited. In dyeing the natural horsehair the hairs take the 'dye in varying amounts and the fabric produced therefrom is-not uniform in color. a

I have overcome all these difiiculties and produced an upholstery fabric which has the I appearance and feel of hair cloth. is uniform in color and has a good tight weave. Heretofore attempts tomake artificial horsehair cloth have not met with success because the methods of weaving employed have resulted through the fabric and arranged over and under in a sleazy, open fabric. V

In the drawing Fig. 1. is an enlarged plan view of my improved fabric; Fig. 2 a sectional View of the fabric of Fig. 1 on the line 22 thereof; and Fig. 3 a View of the finished fabric.

My artificial horsehair upholstery fabriccomprises a warp of cotton, wool or silk threads and a weft of artificial horsehair, which weft is made of a pyroxyfin thread heavier than that sold under the trade-name of Rayon. The weft threads can be produced in any desired length and consequently the fabric can be woven in any desired width up to the capacity of the loom. The pyroxylin threads take the dye uniformly and produce a fabric of uniform color.

After many experiments the only way I have been able to discover by which the fabric can be solidly and tightly woven is to use the warp threads in pairs as the weft can then be solidly driven into place and packed thereby producing a fabric which is not open 01' sleazy.

In my improved fabric the warp threads are in pairs. 1 and 2. and the weft threads .3 of pyroxylin or artificial horse hair are firmly driven home in the loom so that the resultant fabric is solid and .of uniform texture.

I have found that when using a single warp thread the weft is so stiff and resistant that it-cannot be driven solidly under and over the warp but springs back and produces an open weave fabric which is not suitable for upholstery purposes.

' My improved fabric has all the good qualities of genuine horse hair cloth with none of its limitations.

1. As a new article of manufacture. an

artificial horse-hair fabric for upholstery use comprlslng large warp threads arranged in pairs and passing substantially straight weft threads of pyroxylin material the same pair of warp threads whereby the warp threads are buried and concealed in the fabric and solidly packed to produce a close meshed fabric.

2. As an article of maufacture a textile fabric having an area comprising relatively large flexible warp threads extending substantially straight therein and a continuous weft formed of a relatively stiff cellulosederivative filament crimped in the weave under and over the warp threads, said warp threads being spaced sufficiently to be straight and to permit the bending of the weft thereabout.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

ABRAM BRANDT. 

